Posted by SupremeCommander:

Part of me thinks handling this situation with some class and professionalism is better for the long-term prospects of rectifying this train-wreck.

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Posted by 4949:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Part of me thinks handling this situation with some class and professionalism is better for the long-term prospects of rectifying this train-wreck.

It's a good point, but you also have to remember 'all Knick fans endorsed a thrashing and throw out the front doorway, onto the sidewalk for Walsh to follow'.

Some of us feel cheated.

I understand that... if I saw Isiah alone Hulk Smash him and claim self-defense. I would have gotten just as much joy from Isiah getting hung out to dry as I did when the last ex girlfriend got so hammered she chipped off her two front teeth, a week after she broke it off to party with no worries. My point is that I feel cheated too.

I'm just trying to analyze this situation from a long-term perspective, because everything in Knicks land should be viewed this way. This team blows and our only hope lies in the future. Watching Isiah cry on national television would have been fantastic, but that wouldn't undo his tenure nor will it fix things

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Posted by islesfan:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Posted by 4949:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Part of me thinks handling this situation with some class and professionalism is better for the long-term prospects of rectifying this train-wreck.

It's a good point, but you also have to remember 'all Knick fans endorsed a thrashing and throw out the front doorway, onto the sidewalk for Walsh to follow'.

Some of us feel cheated.

I understand that... if I saw Isiah alone Hulk Smash him and claim self-defense. I would have gotten just as much joy from Isiah getting hung out to dry as I did when the last ex girlfriend got so hammered she chipped off her two front teeth, a week after she broke it off to party with no worries. My point is that I feel cheated too.

I'm just trying to analyze this situation from a long-term perspective, because everything in Knicks land should be viewed this way. This team blows and our only hope lies in the future. Watching Isiah cry on national television would have been fantastic, but that wouldn't undo his tenure nor will it fix things

Sure people joked about Isiah getting his comeuppance but at the end of the day, all we wanted was for Isiah to be gone completely from this organization. A simple "After 4 1/2 years, I felt that this is what was best for the organization" would have sufficed. That wouldn't have undone his tenure but it would have been a huge step in fixing things. Instead, Isiah's negative presence remains hanging over the Knicks and serious questions arise concerning Walsh's much promoted "full autonomy".

Firing someone doesn't make you less classy or unprofessional. In fact, a clean break would have been a sign of improvement in comparison to all of the messy departures in recent years.

I'm actually not disagreeing with you (even though it definitely sounds like that). All I'm saying is that a corporate culture of respecting all employees didn't exactly exist under Isiah's reign of terror/failure.

The thing is, I do believe this is a clean break. You know, when you break up and you're like "baby, we'll still be friends" and you never call again. Isiah can do this "job" from his home and he doesn't need to come to MSG meetings. Dolan's fingerprints are on this. Seems like he became convinced that Isiah couldn't do the job, but he has a huge mancrush on the dude.

We all know Dolan is as inept as they come, but I can settle for a "let's be friends" outcome.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Posted by 4949:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Part of me thinks handling this situation with some class and professionalism is better for the long-term prospects of rectifying this train-wreck.

It's a good point, but you also have to remember 'all Knick fans endorsed a thrashing and throw out the front doorway, onto the sidewalk for Walsh to follow'.

Some of us feel cheated.

I understand that... if I saw Isiah alone Hulk Smash him and claim self-defense. I would have gotten just as much joy from Isiah getting hung out to dry as I did when the last ex girlfriend got so hammered she chipped off her two front teeth, a week after she broke it off to party with no worries. My point is that I feel cheated too.

I'm just trying to analyze this situation from a long-term perspective, because everything in Knicks land should be viewed this way. This team blows and our only hope lies in the future. Watching Isiah cry on national television would have been fantastic, but that wouldn't undo his tenure nor will it fix things

Sure people joked about Isiah getting his comeuppance but at the end of the day, all we wanted was for Isiah to be gone completely from this organization. A simple "After 4 1/2 years, I felt that this is what was best for the organization" would have sufficed. That wouldn't have undone his tenure but it would have been a huge step in fixing things. Instead, Isiah's negative presence remains hanging over the Knicks and serious questions arise concerning Walsh's much promoted "full autonomy".

Firing someone doesn't make you less classy or unprofessional. In fact, a clean break would have been a sign of improvement in comparison to all of the messy departures in recent years.

I'm actually not disagreeing with you (even though it definitely sounds like that). All I'm saying is that a corporate culture of respecting all employees didn't exactly exist under Isiah's reign of terror/failure.

The thing is, I do believe this is a clean break. You know, when you break up and you're like "baby, we'll still be friends" and you never call again. Isiah can do this "job" from his home and he doesn't need to come to MSG meetings. Dolan's fingerprints are on this. Seems like he became convinced that Isiah couldn't do the job, but he has a huge mancrush on the dude.

We all know Dolan is as inept as they come, but I can settle for a "let's be friends" outcome.

Doesn't that worry you even slightly? If Dolan's fingerprints are on this, then that whole "autonomy" stuff was nothing but another dog and pony show. It's proof that Walsh is just their new front man.

The major flaw with your "let's be friends" outcome, is that when Dolan becomes unsatisfied with his new front man, he's going to go back to his ex for a little action. The problem is that Knicks fans are the ones that are going to get ****ed.

Posted by majorleads:

TKF aka "Crawful lover," it's time you changed that sig of yours. I'll sit around day and night waiting to hit the NBA lottery. Sure beats watching crappy basketball at MSG. That to me is the definition of a loser. All those clowns who bought tickets to Knicks games this summer believing we actually were a good team. Losers! (long time season holders you get somewhat of a pass, although, I must question your sanity too. Dolan's been here for a while now)